Publication: [1828] Petrography, environments of deposition and provenance of the Lower Pennsylvanian Pottsville Formation Sandstones in the Warrior Basin of Alabama




Documented Paleocurrents


# Continental Area Stratigraphic Level Total Records Period Latitude Longitude Tectonic Plate Deposition Environment Paleocurrent Type Lithology Formation
1 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 13 25915 34.02 -86.9 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
2 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 13 25915 34.15 -87.45 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
3 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 13 25915 34.23 -87.1 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
4 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 13 25915 34.28 -87.8 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
5 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 13 25915 33.93 -87.15 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
6 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 13 25915 34.2 -87.75 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
7 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 13 25915 34.14 -87.25 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
8 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 13 25915 34.15 -87.75 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
9 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 13 25915 34.13 -87.4 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
10 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 13 25915 34.1 -87.7 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
11 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 13 25915 34.05 -87.52 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
12 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 13 25915 33.85 -86.82 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
13 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 13 25915 34.22 -87.85 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone